Coin-controlled vending apparatus.



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CDIN CUNTBOLLED VENDING APPARATUS.

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No. 68|,73L Patented Sept. 3, |90I. M. F. PRICE.

COIN CUNTRDLLED VENDING APPARATUS.

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MILBERT FRANKLIN PRICE, OF IOWA CITY, IOVA.

COIN-CONTROLLED VENDING APPARATUS.

PECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 681,731, dated September3, 1901.

Application lerl May 16, 1900I T0 all whom. it may concern:

13e it known that I, MILBERT FRANKLIN PRICE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Iowa City, in the county of Johnson and Stateof Iowa, have invented a new and Improved Coin-Controlled Apparatus, of

' which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a coin-controlled apparatus involving ahand-lever with a coinpocket receiving the coin and also with a dog forimparting movement from the hand-lever, such dog being engaged by theside of the coin to throw the dog into active position, the coinpockethaving a movable wall which releases the coin as the hand -lever moves.This mechanism is particularly adaptable to vending-machines. I haveshown it applied to a collar-button-Vendingapparatus,whichforms thesubject-matter of my copending application, Serial No. 39,626, ledDecember 13, 1900, such copending application having been divided fromthe present case.

This specification is a specific description of one form of myinvention, While the claims are definitions of the actual scope thereof.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, formingapart ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a sectional view of the invention on the line 1 1 of Fig. 2.Fig. 2 is a par tial front elevation. Fig. 3 is a vertical section onthe line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view somewhat similar toFig. 1, but showing the parts in a different position. Fig. 5 is avertical section on the line 5 5 in Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a horizontalsection on the line 6 6 in Fig. 4. Fig. 7 is a horizontal section on theline 7 7 in Fig. 4, and Fig. 8 is a horizontal section on the line 8 8in Fig. 4.

In applying the improved coin-controlled apparatus to a vending-machinethe working parts are mounted in a suitable casing 14, and this casingis fitted with aframe-plate 15, secured to the inner side of its backWall and provided with arms 16 and 17, which carry a merchandise-chute.The drawings show collar-buttons 19 carried in the chute. The lower endof the merchandise-chute passes through an opening 20 in the front Wallof the casing, so that the collar-buttons may be de- Serial No. 16,867.(No model.)

livered upon a ledge 2l, forming part of the casing 14. An arm 33 ispivotally mounted alongside of the chute 18, and the lower end of thearm carries a stop-pin 37 and a releasea pin 38, the stop-pin beingsituated above the release-pin. The stop-pin is mounted to slide in oneside edge of the merchandise-chute and has its front end bent sidewiseor backward, so as to project into the merchandise` chute when the arm33 is in the position shown in Fig. 1, and thereby hold the pile ofcollarbuttons in the merchandise-chute and prevent any of them which arelocated above the pin 37 from passing onto the ledge 21. When the arm 33moves forward to the position shown in Fig. 4, the bent end of thestoppin 37 moves out of the merchandisechute and the collarbuttons areallowed to fall upon the release-pins 38 and are arrested thereby. (SeeFigs. 4, 7, and 8.) When, therefore, the arm 33 moves forward, (see Fig.4,) the stoppin becomes inactive and the release-pin momentarily holdsthe collar-buttons within the chute. normal position (see Fig. l) thestop pin moves backward (see dotted lines in Fig. 7) and then it servesto support all of the collarbuttons excepting the lowermost one, whichlatter will have passed below the stoppin. Simultaneously with thisoperation of the stop-pin 37 the release-pin 38 will have moved out ofthe merchandise-chute, and the collar-button which previously laidbetween the pins 37 and 38 will be released and permitted to fall uponthe ledge 21, where it may be taken by the purchaser.

My improved coin controlled apparatus comprises a coin-chute 22, whichdelivers the coin into a pocket 23, formed in the hand-lever 24, thefront end of which projects through the front wall of the casing and therear end of which is fulcrumed upon the lower extremity of theframe-plate 15. A retractile spring 25 is connected with the lever 24and arm 16 to hold the lever in normal position. (See Fig. 1.) The innerwall of the coin-pocket 23 is formed by the vertical member of anelbow-lever 26, which is fulcrumed on Athe lever 24 and connected with alink 27, which is also connected with the arm or bracket 16. A spring 28presses the elbow-lever 26 to its normal or inactive position, asindicated in Then as the arm 33 is returned to its.

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Fig. l. This elbow-lever 26, forming the movable wall of thecoin-pocket, is engaged by the edge of the coin. One of the side wallsof the coin-pocket carries two lugs 29, projecting upwardly and having adog 3() pivot'- ally mounted between them, such dog being hung to lienormally in the position shown in Fig. 3, in which position it projectsinto the pocket 23 in the path of the coin as it enters the same. As thecoin drops into the pocket 23 it engages its Aside wall against the dog30 and throws the dog to the position shown in Fig. 5. The coin isindicated by the letter a in Figs. 4 and 5. As the dog 30 is thrown tothe position shown in Fig. 5 it is then in position to impart themovement of the lever 24 to the devices to be operated bythecoin-controlled apparatus. Vhen operating with the vending apparatushere shown, the transversely-turned lower extremity of the arm 3l of thedog is thrown into engagement with an inclined lug 32 on the arm 33.When the end 3l of the dog is engaged with the projection 32 of the arm33 and when the hand-lever 24 is thrown downward, the end 3l of the dogrides on the projection 32 and causes the arm 33 to move forward fromthe position shown in Fig. l to that shown in Fig. 4. The arm 33 isthrown back to the position shown in Fig. l upon the return or upwardmovement of the lever 24, which return of the arm 33 is etfected by apin 34, carried onthe hand-lever 24 and working against an inclinedprojection 35 on the front edge of the hand-lever. The backward movementof the arm 33 is checked by a pin 36, carried on the arm 16.

In the operation of the coin-controlled apparatus the operator inserts acoin in the coin-chute, and this falls into the coin-pocket, where itlodges against the elbow-lever 26, the coin engaging its edge with theelbowlever. Simultaneously the coin engages one of its side faces withthe dog 30 and throws the dog from the position shown in Fig. 3 to thatshown in Fig. 5, engaging the end 3l of the dog with the projection 32on the arm The parts will now be in position to permit the movement ofthe hand-lever to be imparted to the machine or device with which myinvention is used, and this is effected by manually or otherwise movingthe lever 24. Upon moving the hand-lever downward the bell-crank lever26 is moved relav tively to the hand-lever and the part of thebell-crank lever which forms the movable wall of the coin-pocket ismoved outward from the coin, thus releasing the coin and permitting itto drop from the coin-pocket. Then as the hand-lever is returned theelbow-lever 26 regains its normal position, when it is ready forengagement by another coin, and as soon as the dog 30 is disengaged fromthe mechanism which is operated by the coin-controlled apparatus the dogalso resumes its normal position, which is effected by force of gravity,as will be apparent from an inspection of Fig. 3. lt.,will be observedthat by causing the movable wall of the coin-pocket to be engaged bytheedge of the coin and the dog to be engaged by the side face ofthe coin'I provide a coin-controlled apparatus which is most certain in itsoperation and not susceptible to fraud, for the coin which is insertedmust be true both in respect to its width and its thickness before itwill be capable ot' throwing the parts into position for operation.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A coin-controlled apparatus having a hand-leverwith a coin-pocket therein adapted to receive a coin, one wall of thecoinpocket being movable relatively to the handlever for the purposespecified and adapted to be engaged by the edge of the coin, and a dogmounted at the side of the coin-pocket and adapted to be engaged bytheside of the coin to throw the dog into operative position.

2. A. coin-controlled apparatus having a hand-lever with a coin-pockettherein, and a dog mounted on the hand-lever at one side of thecoin-pocket in position to be engaged by the side of the coin, to throwt-he dog into 0perative position.

3. A coin-controlled apparatus having a hand-lever with a coin-pockettherein, a bellcrank lever fulcrumed on the hand-lever and forming oneend wall of the coin-pocket, the bell-crank lever being in connection atone end with a part stationary relatively to the hand-lever, and a dogmounted at the side of the coin-pocket and adapted to be engaged by theside face of the coin to throw the dog into operative position.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

MILBERT FRANKLIN PRICE.

Witnesses:

HATTIE M. SHoALs, T. O. LOVELAND.

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